ASIA-TEKNAF, Bangladesh : Language of persecuted Rohingya poised to go digital
TEKNAF, Bangladesh: For decades the Rohingya have been denied recognition in Myanmar but the persecuted minority is close to securing a
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US & CANADA-NEW YORK: BUSINESS – New Bitcoin-based security bounces in trading debut on CME
File photo shows the Chicago Board Options Exchange website announcing that bitcoin futures will start trading on the CBOE. –
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YANGON: Myanmar burned Rohingya villages despite refugee deal – HRW
YANGON: Myanmar’s army burned down dozens of Rohingya homes within days of signing a refugee repatriation deal with Bangladesh, showing the
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OPINION CARTOONS: Philippines ‘Duterte in ‘The Simpsons’ a popular American television series
President Duterte appears in an episode of The Simpsons in a screengrab from a video posted on Youtube on Dec.
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MANILA: Don’t delay poll protest resolution, Bongbong Marcos told
Former senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. filed the motion after the PET allowed Vice President Leni Robredo to have copies
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BANGKOK – PROPERTY: Treasury plans B90bn projects in 2018
A model of a ‘Ban Pracharat’ project by the Treasury Department is on display at a house fair held in
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PHNOM PENH, Cambodia: Villagers want the US to drop Cambodia’s war debt
Unexploded American ordinance KT/Ven Rathavong . Villagers who have suffered from the American bombs and chemicals used in the Vietnam War
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NAY PYI TAW, Myanmar: Hello Cabs sues Grab for unfair com-petition, urges govt to set regulations
Local taxi operators Hello Cabs and Oway Ride are demanding regulations ensuring fairer competition with newcomers Grab and Uber. Aungmyin
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JAKARTA: Indonesian Ulemas Urge Boycotting American and Israeli Products
Protesters burn American and Israeli flags in front of the US Embassy in Jakarta on Friday (15/12). (Antara Photo/Puspa Perwitasari)
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US & CANADA: IMMIGRATION – US court grants restraining order on Cambodian deportees
People support Cambodians living in the US who struggle for survival and the right to remain there Supplied . The United
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